Cutaneous Melanoma, Hodgkin's Lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Common Risk Factors?

• Published in: Central European journal of public health Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 119 - 121
• Main Authors: Allam, Mohamed Farouk, Fernández-Crehuet Serrano, Pablo, Fernández-Crehuet Serrano, José Luis, Elaziz, Khaled Mahmoud Abd, Del Castillo, Amparo Serrano, Fernández-Crehuet Navajas, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Czech Republic National Institute of Public Health 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Cross-Sectional Studies; Epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Hodgkin Disease - epidemiology; Hodgkin Disease - etiology; Humans; Incidence; Lymphoma; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - epidemiology; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - etiology; Male; Melanoma; Melanoma - epidemiology; Melanoma - etiology; Melanoma, Cutaneous Malignant; Risk Factors; Skin cancer; Skin Neoplasms; Studies; Greece; Switzerland; Albania; epidemiology; melanoma; ecological; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Hodgkin's lymphoma
• ISSN: 1210-7778; 1803-1048
• DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4090

An epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the association between cutaneous melanoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 40 European countries. Incidence rates were obtained from the database of the International Agency for Research of Cancer (IARC). We analyzed age-adjusted and gender-stratified incidence rates for cutaneous melanoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 40 European countries. All European countries included had registration systems that fulfilled the quality criteria of IARC. Normal distribution of the variables was examined using Kolmorov-Smirnov test before calculating their correlations using Pearson's Correlation test. In males, positive correlations were found between cutaneous melanoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.14, p=0.38), and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.64, p<0.001). In females, negative correlation was found between cutaneous melanoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.28, p=0.08), however, positive correlation was found between cutaneous melanoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (r=0.72, p<0.001). Our findings raise the hypothesis about common risk factors for cutaneous melanoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. New epidemiological and genetic studies are needed to identify possible common risk factors.